In some instances, government and business welcome and even initiate CSA projects. Big Buffalo Farm in Jiangsu Province was founded when a group of town officials, who were hoping to further the environmentally-friendly reputation of their area, heard about successes with CSA in Beijing and contacted the team at Little Donkey. The farm came about as a kind of joint venture between Renmin University and the town government, which was providing funding and smoothing the way for the CSA team to gain access to local agricultural land. Other CSA projects have arisen when property development companies find themselves with empty land on their hands – or when the residential compounds they build lack sources of fresh food. These channels to land access can enable enterprising new farmers to build farms and livelihoods, and connect with new groups of consumers